Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system known to have a dense atmosphere, as well as the only other body in the solar system, other than the Earth, to have a liquid surface.

This is something else. I’ve never heard of a library that carried tools before – only libraries that carry my favorite books. The tool library in the city of Portland, Oregon is truly a brilliant idea. When you think about it, things like power tools don’t really get all that much use before they’re discarded. This means that a lot of resources are being put into making things that aren’t getting very much use. So why not have a library where you can rent out tools instead of owning them? It’s less expensive, easier on the planet, and can help de-clutter your shed.

There are always going to be tools that I want to have around, like socket wrenches, shovels and screw drivers. But a lot of the things I have I wish I could just rent instead of own. Maybe one of these days I’ll organize a tool library for my community. What’s your take?

Now that cold and flu season is upon us, pretty much every where I look, there’s a bottle of hand sanitizer. It’s at the bank, in the grocery store – even on the counter at the liquor store! Hand sanitizers are a recent trend, with far more people carrying personal containers around with them and using them in public.

It seems to make sense, right? It seems like a perfect way to stay clean and disinfect, but there are some hidden downsides that folks don’t really talk too much about. Finding out the truth about this product is crucial for your health.

Triclosan is an antibacterial chemical that is added to a lot of soaps and personal care/cleaning...

I remember the ad campaign a few decades ago with the tagline, “This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.” Effective, really. But researchers at King’s College in the United Kingdom have created a visualization of the activity in a normal brain (left) and the activity in the brain of a person who is ‘tripping’ on psilocybin mushrooms.

The researchers used an fMRI, or Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan to scan the brains of two groups of participants. That is, participants who received 2 mg of psilocybin, and those given a placebo.

Inside your brain, you have neural pathways that brain activity typically follows. Sort of like information highways in the brain. What was discovered by the researchers at King’s College is that psilocybin actually forms new and different connections inside the brain, and when the drug wore off, things went back to normal.

Humans are one of the strangest animals on this planet. From what I can tell, we’re the only ones comfortable with leaving less for subsequent generations if it means we get to engage in our gross hedonism for our lifetimes. Each organism’s main purpose is to continue the line – to not go extinct. The way we’ve ambivalent toward the future of children being born today is surprising.

But raising environmentally minded children is a good thing to do for insuring the safety and sustainability of society. But how do you raise ecologically conscious kids?

Well, for starters, kids learn almost everything from their parents, so step one is to simply lead by example. Recycle, plant gardens, talk about the importance of healthy food, of biking and walking; and for the love of God turn off the TV once in a while.

Equally important is for kids to spend time in nature...